Apple's UK prices are in. The iPhone 18 Pro starts at £1,199, the Pro Max at £1,299, and the foldable iPhone Duo at £1,999. Every tier and both launch dates.
Everything Apple announced at the Surprise and Shine event, with UK prices and dates, plus an honest look at how close the rumours got.
Last updated: 9 September 2026iPhone 18 Pro
By Stiv · Design, technology and personal finance
Nobody outside Apple knows whether a phone called the iPhone 18 Pro exists. What Apple has confirmed is a date. Wednesday 9 September, 6pm UK time, at an event it is calling Surprise and shine. Everything else you have read this week, including the name in that first sentence, is reporting rather than fact, so I have kept the two apart all the way down this page.
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This is not financial or buying advice. Prices and launch dates change, and most of the product detail below is unconfirmed reporting, so check Apple's own pages before you spend anything.
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Below: what Apple has actually said, why the first keynote of the Ternus era is the more interesting story, and the price problem Apple warned everyone about back in June.
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GTA 6 Pre-Order UK: Price, Editions and Where to Buy
GTA 6 pre-orders are live in the UK. Here is the price, the Standard and Ultimate editions, the Vintage Vice City bonus and where to buy before 19 November 2026.
May 24, 2026Comments are off for this post.
HP Colour Laser 150nw Review UK 2026: Do Not Buy
Last updated: 24 May 2026
By Stiv · Design, technology and personal finance
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Tech / PrintersDo Not Buy
HP Colour Laser 150nw review: the printer that died at eleven months
We bought an HP Colour Laser 150nw for about £130 thirteen months ago. It is now sitting in a recycling pile. This HP Colour Laser 150nw review explains exactly why, because the power button broke, HP's support website was impenetrable, and returning it to Currys was not worth the trip.
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★☆☆☆☆
1 out of 5 — Do Not Buy
So here is the short version. The print quality was genuinely fine. Everything else was not. We are writing this review so that you do not waste your money the way we wasted ours. Below, we walk through everything that went wrong, why the fault is baked into the design, and exactly what to buy instead.
The HP Colour Laser 150nw. Compact, tidy, and now destined for the recycling centre.
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May 15, 2026Comments are off for this post.
Best Home Printer UK 2026: Laser Beats Ink, Every Time
Last updated: 15 May 2026
By Stiv · Design, technology and personal finance
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Printers are the one piece of tech that has somehow got worse over the past 20 years. They jam, they run out of ink the moment you need them, and they cost more per millilitre than vintage champagne. So when we set out to find the best home printer UK buyers can actually live with in 2026, we started from a position of mild rage and worked outwards.
Here is the short version. For most homes the best home printer UK answer is a small Brother mono laser. It is boring, reliable, cheap to run, and the toner never dries out. If you genuinely need colour at home, skip ink cartridges entirely and buy a refillable ink tank such as an Epson EcoTank or a Canon PIXMA MegaTank. That is the whole guide in two sentences. The rest is the working.
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Best Portable Speakers UK 2026: 12 We’d Actually Buy
Last updated: 11 May 2026
By Stiv · Design, technology and personal finance
Long before the AirPods era, before Sonos was on every shelf, before "Bluetooth speaker" stopped sounding faintly novel, there was the Jawbone Jambox. We had one of the original models knocking around for years. Tiny, weirdly heavy, sounded like a pocket-sized rock concert, and felt like the future. Then Jawbone went bust, the Jambox died, and the entire portable speaker world quietly got a lot better. So in this guide to the best portable speakers UK shoppers can buy in 2026, we're rounding up the speakers we'd happily replace that old Jambox with today.
A good portable speaker turns a garden into a festival, a kitchen into a club, and a park meet-up into something worth staying for. A bad one sounds like music playing inside a tin can from three rooms away. Here's how to pick the right one without overpaying.
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May 4, 2026Comments are off for this post.
Why Retro Gaming Is Booming in the UK in 2026
Last updated: 4 May 2026
By Stiv · Design, technology and personal finance
Retro gaming in the UK is having a moment. Actually, it is having much more than a moment. The global retro gaming console market hit $3.8 billion in 2025 and is on track to reach over $4 billion this year. Old cartridges are selling for serious money on eBay. Companies like Analogue are building premium FPGA consoles that sell out in minutes. And a growing number of us are dusting off our childhood game collections rather than queuing up for the latest blockbuster release. So what is actually going on? And if you want in, what is the best way to play retro games in the UK right now?
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Best Noise-Cancelling Headphones UK 2026: Honest Picks
Last updated: 1 May 2026
By Stiv · Design, technology and personal finance
Noise-cancelling headphones are one of those purchases where the difference between "good" and "life-changing" is roughly £100. Fortunately, even budget options in 2026 are genuinely impressive. More importantly, between us we've worn every pair below for long enough to know which ones are worth your money, and which ones will start hurting your ears after an hour. This is our honest guide to the best noise-cancelling headphones UK shoppers can buy right now.
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April 28, 2026Comments are off for this post.
Best Phone for Every Budget UK 2026 (iPhone, Android, Fairphone)
Last updated: 28 April 2026
By Stiv · Design, technology and personal finance
There are too many phones. Every manufacturer releases three tiers, each with two sizes, every year, and frankly it is exhausting. So we have cut through it: here is the best phone for every budget in the UK right now, whether you are team iPhone, team Android, team sustainable, or team "just give me something that works for under £200".
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